Clip.



J. J. SHUEY.

CLIP.

APPLICATION man AUG.4. 1913.

1,148,934. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

4 9 WITNESSES. "I'VE "T05 W (97076 4% A TTORNEY To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN J. SHUEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux City, county of Woodbury, and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to index tabs or paper clips, and has for its primary object to provide a device which may be used as an indextab, guide or book mark, adapted to be attached to or detached from the material easily and quickly, and without danger of tearing or injuring the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clip as briefly characterized above, presenting a surface projecting beyond the paper or fabric, to which it is applied, upon which may be marked symbols or data of information relative to the particular sheet.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device as set forth briefly,

which is simple in construction, cheap of manufacture, and which will prove thoroughly efficient in use.

WVith these objects in View, together with others which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention comprises a clip made of a single piece of sheet metal, bent upon itself at its medial portion to form a pair of gripping jaws, the resiliency of the metal being relied upon to hold "the said jaws normally in gripping position.

My invention further consists in a clip constructed of a single piece of metal, bent upon itself at its medial portion to form a pair of normally closed gripping jaws, and the said jaws being provided at a point intermediate their ends with a fulcrum, so that pressure applied to the clip adjacent the bent end will cause the jaws to open.

My invention further consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, all as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

My invention will be more readily understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a clip constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, a portion being illustrated in section, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken upon the line a2-m of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the JOHN JIsrriiEr, meme; z

The metal as a spring in normally forcing the leaf L vide gripping edges or filaments;

drawings 1 represents generally the improved clip, which is constructed preferably of a thin, flat piece of sheet metal, bent at 2 upon itself to form parallel leaves 3 and 4. is so bent that the portion 2 acts ends together. The ends of the leaves are bent inwardly at 6 to meet when the leaves are in closed or normal position and to projaws.

s shown in the drawings the fulcrum is formed by securing the two parallel leaves 3 and 4: together at their medial portions by the studs or members 8, the slight longitudinal movement of the leaf 8 in operation being compensated for by elongated openings 9 therein, and in which the shanks of the studs 8 are secured.

From the construction illustrated and described it is obvious that the clip may be easily operated, that is, the jaws may be readily opened by exerting pressure with the fingers upon the portions of the opposite leaves 3 and 4 in the rear of the fulcrum, or between the fulcrum and the spring 2, as shown in Fig. 2. When the clip has been engaged over the paper or fabric and released, the jaws, through the spring portion 2, will be forced together to firmly engage the material. The absence of sharp edges or prongs, common to other clips of a similar nature, makes the present device especially desirable, as the clip may be clasped upon papers or fabrics of a very delicate nature, and removed therefrom without danger of the latter becoming scratched or torn. It is also obvious that through its simplicity of construction, the clip may be manufactured at a remarkably low cost. Should it be desired, the surfaces of the leaves 3 and 4, which extend beyond the paper or goods, may be prepared or finished, to bear numbers or other data for identifying the goods, and the device is especially adapted for use in this capacity in connection with card indexes and the like.

While the device is primarily adapted for use as an index tab, it is obvious that the same may be used as a book mark, guide, paper clip, or in fact any number of ways very efliciently.

I claim:

A clip constructed of a single piece of spring metal bent upon itself at its medial portion to form a pair of substantially parallei spaced said spring leaves and in can of this patent max m {9}:-

spring leaves, the ends 0i said leaves provided with normally engaging jaws, and studs rigidly secured to one cf sliding engagement with the opposite leaf to form a fnl -w crum intermediate the ends of said leaves,"

tsubstantiallysas described.

In have my narne to this specification in the presence of in ti vq subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN J. SHUEY.

Witnesses:

W. LEHMAN, (1.0. Non), Jr.

five qgnftfieaqh addxessing; the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

